LLMConnect vs NextChat AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LLMConnect
Access multiple AI models like GPT, Claude, and Gemini within a single, private workspace. Bring your own API keys for enhanced control and security. Streamline your AI interactions with features like PDF/image chat, voice input, and custom assistants.
- Access multiple AI models
- Bring your own API keys
- Chat with PDFs and images
- Voice input and image generation
- Customizable assistants
- Organize chats with folders
- Offline local models
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LLMConnect is a private, all-in-one client for the world's best AI models. Bring your own API keys, connect to your favorite providers, and chat with every model from a single, beautifully native iOS app. ALL YOUR MODELS IN ONE PLACE • OpenAI (GPT), Anthropic (Claude), Google Gemini, xAI Grok, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Mistral, Groq and OpenRouter • Access hundreds of additional models — Kimi, Qwen, GLM, Llama and more — through OpenRouter • Add any OpenAI-compatible custom provider PAY AS YOU GO • Use your own API keys (BYOK) and pay providers only for what you use • No accounts, no middleman servers — your requests go straight to each provider PRIVATE BY DESIGN • API keys stored securely in the iOS Keychain • Conversations stay on your device, with optional iCloud sync under your control • Face ID / Touch ID lock and app-switcher privacy protection BUILT FOR POWER USERS • Attach files and images, with built-in OCR for scanned documents • Create custom bots with their own instructions • Save and reuse your best prompts • Image generation support • Available in 8 languages Free to try. Unlock everything with Premium or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
NextChat AI
This open-source platform offers a transparent AI chat experience. Users bring their own API keys, ensuring full control and paying only for their usage.
- Open-source platform
- User-provided API keys
- Transparent AI chat
- Pay-per-use model
- Complete user control
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NextChat is the transparent open-source AI chat platform where you bring your own API keys, maintain complete control, and only pay for what you use by your own ai api key。
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: NextChat AI at free against LLMConnect's freemium. LLMConnect's advantage is review sentiment (22% vs 10%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. LLMConnect sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and NextChat AI sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LLMConnect ships an update every 2 weeks, NextChat AI fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LLMConnect | NextChat AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.9 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.9% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 17.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sebastian Diaz Delgado | GPTsMotion Tech LLC |
Customer experience
LLMConnect
NextChat AI
In-app purchases
LLMConnect
- Premium Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly1 Year trial$49.991 Year
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- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$124.99
NextChat AI
- 轻度使用套餐$25.99
- 家庭套餐$199.99








